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Jerry Shaver @jerryshaver.bsky.social · 9h

Belligerent ignorance. Just like MAGA.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 13h

Sens. Schumer, Merkley, Murray, and Peters are calling for the resignation of OMB Director Russell Vought.

"By impounding billions of dollars … and aggressively pursuing the illegal use of pocket rescissions, Vought has done everything in his power to gut the federal government piece by piece."

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Jerry Shaver @jerryshaver.bsky.social · 9h

He's one of my favorite 2nd-tier Marvel characters, so I'm really hoping they do this well.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 10h

Hi Sally. When Weiss published a supposed expose on the death of George Floyd, a veteran criminal justice reporter showed in deep detail that the piece was not just wrong but filled with falsehoods and misrepresentations. Weiss did not retract the piece. What do you think of that?

Sally Jenkins @sallyjenx.bsky.social · 12h

This is really smart. Amazed at the hysteria over the ascendance of a woman entrepreneur who clearly knows how to cover and sell news and who's not afraid to take on a mob. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Don’t Bet Against Bari Weiss

The new editor in chief of CBS News triumphs over her critics.

www.theatlantic.com

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Dana Houle @danahoule.bsky.social · 9h

This
Is
Police
State

Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 11h

ICE / Border Patrol threatening to arrest a cyclist for following and recording in Chicago

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 10h

Saturday, October 18. Everywhere. Find your local event at nokings.org.

#NoKings

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Jerry Shaver @jerryshaver.bsky.social · 10h

I will not vote for any Democrats who isn't talking like this. No more kumbaya bullshit. There were no consequences for trump 1, and look where that put us. Never again.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 11h

THESE are the promises I want to hear.

Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 11h

We have armed secret police kidnapping people off the street based on the color of their skin.

When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.

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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 10h

Yes 👏

Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 11h

We have armed secret police kidnapping people off the street based on the color of their skin.

When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.

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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 10h

Whistling when ICE is about to kidnap someone for no reason is incredibly effective. They know what they are doing is wrong and will scatter in the wind when too many witnesses gather.

FORM A CROWD
STAY LOUD
PROTECT EACH OTHER
CODE I:
ICE NEARBY
BLOW QUICKLY IN A BROKEN RHYTHM:
PRE-PRE-PRE!
→ ALERTS THE COMMUNITY THAT ICE AGENTS ARE IN THE AREA.
ROGERS PARK WHISTLE PROTOCOLS
WHY A WHISTLE? ON THE STREETS
• A SIMPLE TOOL FOR FAST ALERTS.
• LOUD.
RECOGNIZABLE.
IMPOSSIBLE TO IGNORE.
• OUR VOICES ARE
STRONGER TOGETHER.
WHISTLES GUIDE
PEOPLE TO:
• FOLLOW ICE CARAVANS
• CATCH UP WITH THE CROWD
• ALERT NEIGHBORS
TO JOIN IN
NOISE = VISIBILITY.
CODE 2:
CODE RED
BLOW THREE LONG BLASTS:
PREEEE-PREEEE-PREEEE!
→ ICE IS DETAINING SOMEONE.
FORM A CROWD, STAY LOUD.
DON'T STAY SILENT. STAY NONVIOLENT.
WHY IT WORKS
• INSTANT ALERT
SYSTEM
• FASTER THAN SOCIAL MEDIA
• TURNS SILENCE INTO COMMUNITY
ACTION
ORIGINAL FLYER CREATED BY:
WHAT YOU CAN DO
• WEAR YOUR WHISTLE AROUND YOUR NECK
TEACH FAMILY
EIGHBORS TH
CODES
• USE IT WHEN ICE IS
SPOTTED
• PROTECT EACH OTHER, ALWAYS
TOGETHER, WE KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE.
FORM A CROWD, STAY LOUD.
THIS FLYER DISTRIBUTED BY:
PROTECT RP
• @PROTECTRP_

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Charles Ghoul-ba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 12h

During the campaign she was criticized for focusing so heavily on preventing fascism instead of on "kitchen table issues."

Now that Dems are literally focusing on kitchen table issues (ie, healthcare/inflation etc), they're being criticized for "not focusing on preventing fascism."

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Jerry Shaver @jerryshaver.bsky.social · 12h

By Glenn Greenwald

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 12h

I have never been a supporter of Donald Trump, but if Democrats cannot stop him from taking away my healthcare subsidies, I will have no choice but to continue voting for him and/or his anointed offspring in all future elections.

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Jerry Shaver @jerryshaver.bsky.social · 12h

Of course not. They're using the shadow docket to allow trump to do whatever he wants for the moment, then they will issue a bunch of actual rulings limiting presidential power when a Democrat wins in 2028.

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Jerry Shaver @jerryshaver.bsky.social · 13h

I hope that's mostly the first episode (Simon trying to get the acting job) and then they move on to, you know, Wonder Man.

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emigre80 @emigre80.bsky.social · 13h

"We control all three branches the government, but Democrats are forcing us to lay people off" is the new GOP mantra.

Wow, must be painful to be that powerless.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

WELKER: During the 2019 shutdown when Trump was president, no federal workers were laid off. Why are these firings necessary?

VANCE: Who do we care more about- federal bureaucrats or the troops getting the payment they need?

WELKER: But layoffs are a priority?

VANCE: They have forced us to choose

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emigre80 @emigre80.bsky.social · 13h

George Orwell is spinning in his grave. He meant 1984 to be a warning, not an instruction manual.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

WELKER: Are you looking at invoking the Insurrection Act?

VANCE: We have to remember we are talking about this bc crime has gotten out of control

W: Crime is down in both Chicago & Portland

V: Crime is down bc they are so overwhelmed at the local level they are not even keeping stats properly

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Melanie Jean @princessmom122.bsky.social · 17h

The foolish idea that Trump “brokered it”. 🤡

Ragnarok Lobster @eclecticbrotha1.bsky.social · 22h

This is why I never waste time defending CNN token Abby Phillip, who regularly platforms white supremacist Scott Jennings.

She's throwing shade at Obama because he didn't praise Trump for agreeing to the same peace deal Trump told Bibi to reject when Biden proposed it in 2024.

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Jerry Shaver @jerryshaver.bsky.social · 15h

There's no such thing as "cardiac age"

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RandomWhiteGuy @thereelrandom.bsky.social · 16h

How was there a “Biden FBI” on 1/6/21 when Biden was still 14 days away from becoming POTUS?

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 16h

How do I block all the AI slop? Also so far ai so just made my life 1000000 times more annoying.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 15h

Thank you, @aselrod.bsky.social. As far as I can tell, zero internal evaluations are going on at the big news orgs on how to deal with this basic problem, yet any discerning reader can see that it's a major impediment to conveying what's really happening in the US to readers and viewers.

Alan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · 1d

“the conventions of political reporting today are poorly suited to capturing this naked use of sheer pretexts and the bottomless bad faith they rely upon.”
@gregsargent.bsky.social is absolutely right. Big, legacy media has got to catch up to reality.

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 1d

This week, MAGA figures claimed Kristi Noem "stared down" violent antifa protesters in Portland. Turns out they were talking mostly about a guy in a chicken suit.

This episode opens a window into how MAGA propaganda works and MSM failure to handle it. 1/

(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2016...

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Dana Houle @danahoule.bsky.social · 1d

What’s very notable to me is that it’s against IL state law for local & state police to assist in immigration enforcement. That cop & any others involved should be fired. People in Buffalo Grove should be organizing to get that done.

Joshua Reed Eakle 🗽 @joshuaeakle.com · 1d

In Chicago, four vehicles descended and eight ICE agents moved in to kidnap a child.

She screams, “I’m 15,” as ICE yanks her from the car and kneels on her neck.

This is not about immigration enforcement.

It's about terrorizing Americans.

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Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 1d

Some weirdo on Twitter has been absolutely melting down for like 36 straight hours because I posted:

When this is over, do not forget what ICE did, and what ICE is. And do not make room for them in society. Make sure they know that they are, and will continue to be, reviled and beneath contempt.

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Matt @mattmurph24.bsky.social · 1d

Jason Miyares and Winsome Sears running some heinous ads in Virginia.

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